they didn't even mention a $5 trillion tax cut, and they didn't say a word about being disturbed that mitt hasn't figured out how to pay for it. in 1972, "the des moines register" could have endorsed a candidate closer to their thinking than on policy. that candidate was the honorable senator george mcgovern, the anti-war candidate. the candidate "the des moines register" agreed with word for word on the most important issue of that era. the reason they didn't endorse him then was in the last line of their editorial. "good intentions are not enough," and so they endorsed a man with very, very bad intentions and a year and a half after president nixon took the oath of office, the house judiciary committee passed articles of impeachment against him. 12 days later "the des moines register's" choice for president, richard nixon, became the first and only person in history forced to resign the presidency of the united states. the last time "the des moines register" endorsed a republican for president, it turned out good intentions mattered, and they mattered much more than the editorial bo